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Given how Vortech appears in the game, he appears to be a more complex than average minifigure. The semi-transparent aspect of him would be a challenge to produce, and he would require a mold for the mask. Since Dimensions is winding down, Lego has probably determined that it simply would not be worth the cost of production just to appease a relatively smaller group of fans like us who would like to see him.

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I suppose. I mean building new minifigures cost money and the game is just isn't in high demand as it was with it's first and second years. I mean sure people will still be able to pick up the game and download the extra content after it's done and dusted but it's gonna be sad when we effectively run out of content I mean for all the bugs and hiccups we had later on down the line Lego Dimensions was a fun game to play.

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I wonder what kind of gameplay Vortech would have had associated with him. Mind control, most certainly, and perhaps magic and technology, but they'd probably have to program in an entirely unique type of puzzle just to make him worthwhile, and there's no Year Three, which is probably where he would come in.

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Well they could do that as a polybag but it's not terribly like it's gonna happen now. Or so I think anyway they could do that but I don't know. The only things I could go after now are well Beetlejuice as well as Buttercup but that's about it really.

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So, if there was one figure of the whole Dimensions line that I would consider picking up at retail price, it would be Lord Vortech... He is awesome as heck, he is the overarching antagonist of the game, he is the only Dimensions-original figure, and he is the ultimate figure any fan would absolutely need to have. I believe, that if they want to end the theme, this one figure will determine if it ends with bang, leaving a happy community, or if it will be joining the list of ambitious LEGO games that were left a dead rotten fate.

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I don't personally feel quite the same way. While he's certainly important, he's not the most striking of villains to me, and the main cash cows are the licensed characters. I wouldn't pass Vortech up, but considering the molding and programming that would be needed at the time where the game's assets have essentially all been made due to cancellation, I don't think they'd want to go to the effort. But who knows? Maybe the figure itself can be made, but I don't think it would be nearly as impressive in opaque plastic like it would have to be.

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Which begs the question of: what other franchises COULD they had added if there was gonna be a year 3? I mean Disney Infinity revealed could a lot of movies that could've been represented in Year 4 like Moana, Rogue One, Peter Pan was even going to be a character for the Toy Box mode, etc, etc. So I guess the only way we'll know which franchises that were gonna be a part of the game is probably gonna be after the Beetlejuice, Powerpuff Girls and Teen Titans Go packs are released I suppose.

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If anything, I would have hoped for Oz Team Packs (or a Level Pack, Team Pack, and Fun Pack) for Dorothy and Co. and to have the franchise's role in the game make a little more sense, but other 80s-type stuff they had access to...? I guess we'll never know.

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I'm okay missing the music red bricks, but yeah, the stud multipliers are a good incentive and some of the other cosmetic ones are fun. I still have a lot of catching up to do. I'm not aiming for every character, just every level and Adventure World, but with the higher-level packs I'll need, I'm not looking forward to it. This is one reason I'm sort of glad it's ending: discounts, and the possibility of catching up!